bayonetman Posted February 19, 2007 Share #1 Posted February 19, 2007 I know something about US bayonets and knives, but in most other areas I am a novice. Many years ago I bought an album full of US SSI, mostly from the WW2 period. Now that I am downsizing my collections, I am planning to sell them on ebay or wherever, and have identified most of them and they appear to be simply US made items, nothing rare as far as I can see. A few, however, are apparently not and I would like to have them identified prior to listing them so I don't look like an idiot. This one is of course 4th Army, and is sort of a quilted background with the ivy leaves in what appears to be silver wire. The back seems to be a tight weave material such as a cheesecloth. From what little I can find out from my very limited references, this is probably post WW2 German manufacture - is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurgo Posted February 19, 2007 Share #2 Posted February 19, 2007 it looks like japanese made not the typically german mades !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayonetman Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted February 19, 2007 Thanks. As I said, I really do not have any good information about these, was primarily going on the fact that the 4th fought in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DwightPruitt Posted February 19, 2007 Share #4 Posted February 19, 2007 Thanks. As I said, I really do not have any good information about these, was primarily going on the fact that the 4th fought in Europe. The Fourth Army was a Stateside command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayonetman Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted February 19, 2007 Yes of course - somehow I was thinking 4th Division rather than 4th Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted May 17, 2007 Share #6 Posted May 17, 2007 A couple 4th army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted May 17, 2007 Share #7 Posted May 17, 2007 BAYONETMAN's patch is an example of a Japanese made quilted patch. There is a thread on quilted patches elsewhere on this Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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